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(Amendment    No.  2  to  p^' 


B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  144.) 


United  States  Department  of  IAgfitllitu^, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


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U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  NO.  2  TO  RULE  1,  REVISION  2. -TO  PREVENT  THE 
SPREAD  OF  SPLENETIC  FEVER  IN  CATTLE. 

Effective  on  and  after  August  i,  1907. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  and 
notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  infectious  disease  known  as  splenetic, 
southern,  or  Texas  fever  is  not  now  known  to  exist,  or  exists  to  a 
slight  extent  only,  among  cattle  in  certain  portions  of  the  State  of 
California  quarantined  by  Rule  1,  Revision  2,  dated  March  22,  1907, 
and  effective  April  15,  1907. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  of  law,  do  hereby  amend  Rule  1,  Revision  2,  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle.  This  amendment,  which  will  be 
effective  on  and  after  August  1,  1907,  is  designated  as  amendment 
No.  2  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  144  and  is  as  follows,  to  wit: 

First. — That  part  of  Exception  1  which  describes  the  quarantine 
line  through  the  State  of  California  is  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

CALIFORNIA. 

Beginning  on  the  Pacific  coast  where  the  northern  boundar}r  of  San 
Luis  Obispo  County  connects  with  the  Pacific  Ocean ;  thence  easterly 
along  the  northern  boundary  of  San  Luis  Obispo  County  to  the  north- 
western corner  of  Kern  County ;  thence  southeasterly,  easterly,  and 
northerly  following  the  western,  southern,  and  eastern  boundaries  of 
Kern  County  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  county ;  thence  easterly 
along  the  northern  boundary  of  San  Bernardino  Countj'  to  the  one 
hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west  longitude  ;  thence  south  follow- 
ing the  one  hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west  longitude  to  the 
southern  boundary  of  San  Bernardino  County ;  thence  easterly  along 
the  southern  boundary  of  San  Bernardino  County  to  the  eastern  bound- 
ary of  the  State  of  California;  thence  southerly  along  the  eastern 
boundary  of  the  State  of  California  to  the  international  boundary. 

Second. — Exception  2  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Exception  2.— California.  The  island  of  Santa  Rosa,  a  part  of 
Santa  Barbara  County,  on  account  of  being  free  from  Texas  fever  in  lec- 
tion and  being  separated  from  the  mainland,  is  not  to  be  regarded  as  a 


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part  of  the  modified  quarantined  area.  During  the  continuance  of  the 
quarantine  as  herein  established  and  modified  no  cattle  of  the  modified 
quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  other  than  California  shall 
be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  into  the  counties  of  Santa  Barbara,  San 
Luis  Obispo,  Los  Angeles,  and  that  portion  of  San  Bernardino  County 
west  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west  longitude. 

No  cattle  of  the  counties  of  Santa  Barbara  (except  the  island  of 
Santa  Rosa),  San  Luis  Obispo,  Los  Angeles,  that  portion  of  San  Ber- 
nardino County  west  of  the  one  hundred  and  sixteenth  meridian  west 
longitude,  and  those  portions  of  Madera  and  Fresno  counties  located 
west  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  main  line  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany shall  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move,  except  as  provided  for  imme- 
diate slaughter,  to  any  point  in  the  United  States,  not  in  the  State  of 
California,  which  is  located  outside  of  the  modified  quarantined  area, 
until  the  said  cattle  shall  have  been  inspected  and  found  free  of  infec- 
tion and  a  written  permit  for  the  shipment  issued  by  an  inspector  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  nor  until  permission  shall  have  been 
obtained  in  advance  of  the  movement  from  the  proper  official  of  the 
State  or  Territory  into  which  the  cattle  are  to  be  shipped. 

Done  at  Washington  this  twenty-ninth  day  of 

^\     June'  1907- 
[Sft        Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 


j\Q|  ment  of  Agriculture. 


James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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